who leads the mlb in postseason strikeouts since 2000

Since 2000, Justin Verlander has fanned the most hitters in the postseason, with 244 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	244	38	17	12	.586	37	3.58	2	1	0	226.0	179	90	93	32	74	5	0	0	920	8	9.72	2.95	3.30	1.27	26.5	8.0	1.12	.260	3.70	7.13
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	213	41	13	13	.500	32	4.62	0	0	1	196.2	171	101	107	32	54	4	2	6	803	11	9.75	2.47	3.94	1.46	26.5	6.7	1.14	.278	4.90	7.83
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	182	33	8	8	.500	28	3.78	0	0	1	157.1	121	66	69	23	62	9	1	4	652	8	10.41	3.55	2.94	1.32	27.9	9.5	1.16	.261	3.95	6.92
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	156	22	11	6	.647	22	2.77	0	0	0	133.1	100	41	50	19	36	3	0	1	537	1	10.53	2.43	4.33	1.28	29.1	6.7	1.02	.251	3.38	6.75
5	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	139	30	13	7	.650	30	3.34	0	0	0	188.2	195	70	74	17	49	3	0	4	789	2	6.63	2.34	2.84	0.81	17.6	6.2	1.29	.306	3.53	9.30
6	Jon Lester J. Lester	133	26	9	7	.563	22	2.51	0	0	0	154.0	117	43	46	15	40	3	2	0	610	4	7.77	2.34	3.33	0.88	21.8	6.6	1.02	.243	2.69	6.84
7	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	123	29	4	5	.444	16	2.83	1	0	4	114.1	105	36	39	11	22	2	9	1	464	4	9.68	1.73	5.59	0.87	26.5	4.7	1.11	.307	3.07	8.27
8	CC Sabathia	121	26	10	7	.588	23	4.28	1	0	0	130.1	137	62	67	15	63	8	0	9	586	5	8.36	4.35	1.92	1.04	20.6	10.8	1.53	.322	4.63	9.46
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	120	23	9	5	.643	22	3.77	1	1	0	126.2	111	53	55	14	45	4	1	1	537	8	8.53	3.20	2.67	0.99	22.3	8.4	1.23	.274	3.91	7.89
10	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	114	19	4	4	.500	18	3.04	0	0	1	94.2	73	32	34	9	36	2	1	2	388	3	10.84	3.42	3.17	0.86	29.4	9.3	1.15	.282	3.23	6.94
11	John Lackey J. Lackey	114	29	8	6	.571	23	3.44	0	0	0	144.0	135	55	58	7	47	4	2	6	601	10	7.13	2.94	2.43	0.44	19.0	7.8	1.26	.298	3.63	8.44
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	102	18	7	5	.583	15	3.27	0	0	1	82.2	59	30	30	10	36	1	1	0	331	5	11.10	3.92	2.83	1.09	30.8	10.9	1.15	.269	3.27	6.42
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	100	22	4	6	.400	21	4.14	0	0	0	113.0	103	52	55	19	33	3	0	0	469	2	7.96	2.63	3.03	1.51	21.3	7.0	1.20	.268	4.38	8.20
14	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	99	14	7	3	.700	13	3.07	3	3	0	93.2	67	32	32	11	21	4	0	1	366	3	9.51	2.02	4.71	1.06	27.0	5.7	0.94	.242	3.07	6.44
15	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	95	17	7	6	.538	16	4.34	0	0	0	85.0	82	41	45	14	34	4	1	0	360	0	10.06	3.60	2.79	1.48	26.4	9.4	1.36	.319	4.76	8.68
16	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	94	59	3	2	.600	0	2.20	0	0	20	65.1	34	16	18	7	18	3	47	3	250	0	12.95	2.48	5.22	0.96	37.6	7.2	0.80	.211	2.48	4.68
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	93	17	7	6	.538	16	3.41	1	1	0	100.1	83	38	45	12	27	2	0	2	411	1	8.34	2.42	3.44	1.08	22.6	6.6	1.10	.256	4.04	7.45
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	92	18	7	5	.583	17	3.60	0	0	0	80.0	67	32	34	8	33	7	1	0	343	5	10.35	3.71	2.79	0.90	26.8	9.6	1.25	.291	3.83	7.54
19	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	92	17	5	7	.417	15	3.80	0	0	0	97.0	95	41	43	14	22	3	0	7	407	2	8.54	2.04	4.18	1.30	22.6	5.4	1.21	.293	3.99	8.81
20	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	92	15	10	1	.909	15	2.12	3	1	0	102.0	80	24	26	10	15	3	0	0	401	0	8.12	1.32	6.13	0.88	22.9	3.7	0.93	.249	2.29	7.06
21	David Price D. Price	91	23	5	9	.357	14	4.62	0	0	1	99.1	91	51	53	16	28	3	5	1	414	1	8.24	2.54	3.25	1.45	22.0	6.8	1.20	.272	4.80	8.24
22	Cliff Lee C. Lee	89	11	7	3	.700	11	2.52	3	0	0	82.0	66	23	27	2	10	1	0	0	320	2	9.77	1.10	8.90	0.22	27.8	3.1	0.93	.294	2.96	7.24
23	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	87	16	8	3	.727	14	2.11	3	3	1	102.1	74	24	25	8	18	5	1	2	398	0	7.65	1.58	4.83	0.70	21.9	4.5	0.90	.236	2.20	6.51
24	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	86	16	2	6	.250	13	4.43	0	0	1	67.0	58	33	36	11	36	0	1	0	292	7	11.55	4.84	2.39	1.48	29.5	12.3	1.40	.296	4.84	7.79
25	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	82	17	9	3	.750	12	3.05	0	0	0	79.2	65	27	28	6	18	1	1	3	325	0	9.26	2.03	4.56	0.68	25.2	5.5	1.04	.271	3.16	7.34

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Dingler

RBI

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Team Rankings

173

19th

696

13th

1,246

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	80	75	.516
White Sox	79	76	.510	1.0
Tigers	73	82	.471	7.0
Twins	72	83	.465	8.0
Royals	67	88	.432	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/20	DET	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Mon 9/21	WSH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Tue 9/22	WSH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 9/23	WSH	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 9/25	PIT	@	DET	6:40 PM

Last Game

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73 - 82

Final

White Sox

79 - 76

Sat 19 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Schwarber

44

Crow-Armstrong

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

110

Stewart

105

Crow-Armstrong

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

.312

Alvarez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

185

Lopez

182

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

115

Crow-Armstrong

105

Arozarena

103

Wood

OBP Leaders

.429

Alvarez

.394

Bauers

.392

Rumfield

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

.534

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SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

45

Simpson

43

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Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

17

Gray

15

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Strikeout Leaders

243

Misiorowski

239

Cease

235

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.89

Misiorowski

1.94

Schlittler

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.81

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.15

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.16

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.79

Misiorowski

5.62

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Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

29

Rasmussen

31

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MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,264.8

Ohtani

2,259.5

Crow-Armstrong

1,977.1

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,712

Crow-Armstrong

1,592.6

Ohtani

1,482

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MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

88-67

87-68

84-71

83-72

82-73

Worst Record ATS

58-97

65-90

66-89

72-83

73-82

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - x	91	64	.587
Phillies	85	70	.548	6.0
Marlins	76	79	.490	15.0
Nationals	73	82	.471	18.0
Mets	71	84	.458	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	97	58	.626
Cubs	86	69	.555	11.0
Pirates	78	77	.503	19.0
Cardinals	75	80	.484	22.0
Reds	72	83	.465	25.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	95	60	.613
Padres	86	69	.555	9.0
Diamondbacks	81	74	.523	14.0
Giants	64	91	.413	31.0
Rockies	57	98	.368	38.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	94	60	.610
Yankees - x	89	65	.578	5.0
Red Sox	84	71	.542	10.5
Blue Jays	76	79	.490	18.5
Orioles	75	80	.484	19.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	80	75	.516
White Sox	79	76	.510	1.0
Tigers	73	82	.471	7.0
Twins	72	83	.465	8.0
Royals	67	88	.432	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	78	77	.503
Astros	77	78	.497	1.0
Mariners	72	83	.465	6.0
Athletics	61	94	.394	17.0
Angels	60	95	.387	18.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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Sat 9/5	SFG	@	NYM	9-5
Sat 9/5	CHC	@	MIA	6-5
Sat 9/5	ATL	@	PHI	2-4
Sat 9/5	DET	@	CLE	6-0
Sat 9/5	MIL	@	CIN	3-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/20	PHI	@	NYM	1:10 PM
Sun 9/20	KCR	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Sun 9/20	BOS	@	TBR	1:40 PM
Sun 9/20	ATH	@	CLE	1:40 PM
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